Association of Kidney Comorbidities and Acute Kidney Failure With Unfavorable Outcomes After COVID-19 in Individuals With the Sickle Cell Trait, JAMA

Study (n=132,577 [2729 sickle cell trait, SCT]) found SCT linked to increased COVID mortality in African ancestry (OR 1.77;95% CI, 1.13-2.77;P=0.01)& increased rates of acute renal failure 60 days after COVID, supporting its inclusion as an adverse prognostic factor for COVID-19
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